Dark Chocolate Molasses Cookies

Delicious Dark Chocolate Molasses cookies that are special enough to be a Holiday cookie, but easy enough to enjoy anytime.

I make these ginger cookies with molasses every year for Christmas. I don’t know why I only make them once a year because I’ll make chocolate chip cookies about a bajillion times. This year I wanted to do something a little different. My baking brain started wondering if dark chocolate and molasses would go together, and what would it taste like to add hazelnuts? I hoped my Dark Chocolate Molasses cookies would taste as good as my Nutella Filled Hazelnut Thumb cookies.I’m not a big dough eater, but as I was tasting these, I could have devoured the bowl and just skipped the oven. They didn’t lose a thing baking them. My tummy did a serious happy dance. I am so excited to bring them to you.

This cookie has a soft center and the edges just give way to a light crunch. These cookies are versatile too. I rolled half in hazelnuts and the other half in powdered sugar. The batter is good enough that you don’t have to roll them in anything!

I wanted my friend next door to do a taste test for me. Her little man is allergic to nuts, but I couldn’t just leave him empty-handed. I got a 4-year old’s thumbs up on the powdered sugar version! Woo hoo! Both were delicious. Even though the powdered sugar covered cookie looks like a cookie that’s been around for a long time, they don’t taste the same.

This Dark Chocolate Molasses cookies recipe makes close to 4 dozen large cookies. They are perfect for large gatherings, the church bake sale, or you can freeze some of them for another day! These cookies are perfect for the holidays, but I think they would be great anytime!

Lynz thank you so much for pointing that out! 1/2 cup dear friend and I have updated the recipe. That is what happens when I write the ingredients in one order and put them in the recipe in another order.

Lovely, lovely, lovely Julie! But then all your baked goods are lovely and yummy! I may tend to go for the plain ones, the pictures look so tantalizing with those gorgeous hazelnuts! Love that milk bottle, it made me think of the home deliveries from the milkman when I lived in England. :). Also love your crinkled up brown paper, oddly enough I saved some from a package just the other day thinking it would make a nice presentation for some baked goods for the blog... trouble is? Bert keeps on dumping stuff thinking it is trash, I have lectured him on future saves :)).

Thank you Loretta! These would be delicious just plain. I found that little milk bottle in an antique store and just love it. The crumpled up paper is actually parchment paper. John would trip over it before he threw it away :). He is spoiled with me being home because I tend to do most of the chores.

Thank you Anna! That is wonderful to hear. There are so many of us out there that it's amazing that we are able to make great connections don't you agree? And then we find that friend out there that makes out heart big and squishy. You make my heart go squish Anna. Thank you for your support!

Thank you Judi! I would love to share with you! Both were yummy, and surprisingly to me tasted like different cookies. Are you gearing up for Christmas or is everything on track? I can't believe it's only 12 days away! Where does time go?

These look great. It's funny this is the first year I have got a bit more in to cookies and was just thinking I have never tried a molasses cookie from memory but would like to. These look a great place to start!

Julie, I can just imagine how good these are - rich and deep flavors! Happy Holidays and thanks for sharing on Throwback Thursday and I'll be pinning this to our TBT pinterest! Hope to see you next Thursday!!

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Thank you for visiting! My name is Julie and I love to cook and bake. I try to use simple in-season or readily available ingredients. I also love to, travel, garden and spend time with family, friends, and my dog Maci. Oh and I overuse exclamation marks! Read More…